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Let a million conspiracy theories bloom. But color me intensely curious about their reasoning for this very strange call. One of the first teams of heavily armed police to respond to Monday’s shooting in Washington DC was ordered to stand

Forget I said anything: RT @Team_Shep: U.S. SECRET SERVICE: MALE THREW FIRECRACKERS OVER WHITE HOUSE’S NORTH FENCE LINE, SAYS THERE WERE NOT SHOTS FIRED REUTERS — Fin Gomez (@finnygo) September 16, 2013 Below the original post, which is now retracted.

In response to One Year Later: Why We Were in Benghazi: Great article, John. Over at my blog, I wrote: Mickey Kaus had an interesting metaphor for explaining odd news coverage. He suggested that sometimes one can feel the presence

In response to Another Syria conspiracy: I believe Assad or his goons gassed those people. I don’t buy Assad’s claim that it’s “illogical” to drop gas weapons where his troops were located. Of course they were located there. They were

Bush had the tangible help of dozens of countries — some troops, some medical personnel, some airlift and refueling support — and the on-the-record support (even if not always backed by tangible contributions) of more than 40 countries in his

…that T-Bone had high cheekbones, suggesting some Cherokee blood. I like how at the end Cory Booker’s shadowy, mysterious friend T-Bone “just disappears into the streets” like Bruce Banner at the end of a Hulk episode. Goodbye, Hulk. Thank you

Via @johnekdahl. It’s breathtaking. My breath was literally taken for a moment when I saw this. What can you say? There’s simply nothing to say. The thing proves itself, as they say in law. Res ipsa loquitor. So @washingtonpost, what

I don’t know how you guys are missing out on this. So far you guys have missed the Christian Nation study and review guide (with homework questions, no really) and also the Christian Nation teaser trailer:

Apparently a real publisher, W.W. Norton, put out a book called Christian Nation, which is… well a novel, supposedly, for some definitions of “novel.” It’s an alt-history book which postulates that Sarah Palin became President in 2009 or so. (McCain